All 3 Uses of
acquit
in
The Portrait of a Lady
- It was Isabel's view that the little girl might have given lessons in deportment to her relative, and nothing could have justified this conviction more than the manner in which Pansy acquitted herself while they waited together for the Countess.
Chpt 35acquitted = handled (conducted or behaved)
- Osmond at present acquitted himself very honourably.
Chpt 41 *
- Of this refinement of duplicity she presently acquitted him; she preferred to believe him in perfect good faith.†
Chpt 42 *
Definitions:
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(acquit as in: she acquitted herself well) to handle oneself in a specified way -- which is typically in a positive way
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(acquit as in: she was acquitted) to officially find "not guilty" of criminal chargeseditor's notes: Note that to be acquitted is not the same as being declared innocent of an offense due to the presumption of innocence in the American judicial system. The court determines if there is sufficient evidence to find someone guilty. Some crimes require a lot of evidence for a conviction, so while there may not be enough evidence to declare someone guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt, there also may not be enough evidence to declare a defendant innocent except through the presumption of innocence.